Anna and I were running a route for training. Okay, I was running for training, and she was running so I didn't have to run alone. I realized that we probably should have brought Cassie with us, but she had to open. I was still nervous about the Klaus thing. As we ran, we passed a guy that I had never seen before. Something just wasn't right about him. He had this distinctive smell to him. I was still getting used to all of my werewolf abilities, but it seemed like he was a hybrid.
"Okay time to run home." I declared. I almost wanted to just hold her hand while she ran, but I had a feeling that I would get whiplash if I did it. I looked back and noticed that he didn't seem to be chasing us. As we got close to home, it seemed like we were in the clear. That was until I noticed him in front of us. Anna probably could have killed him, but there was no reason to be hostile. On top of that, killing people for no reason was wrong.
"Sorry." He apologized before he ran away.
"Am I being paranoid?" I asked her.
"Maybe." She admitted. "But we should probably head back now so we can get ready."
The two of us then went to work. During our break, we met with Bonnie. At the moment, I actually didn't have any idea where Elena was, and I couldn't help but wonder if I should have been worried.
"So, I keep expecting Klaus to make a move and he just doesn't." I stated. "I'm so paranoid."
"It's not wrong for you to feel paranoid." Bonnie replied. "He knows you tried to kill him, but Anna is also the one who saved him."
"It wasn't something that I was trying to do. I was only trying to save Mary." Anna pointed out.
Though, I was pretty sure that Klaus wouldn't do anything to either of us. As far as I could tell, he needed to keep me alive and there was no way he was going to hurt Anna.
"Well, I keep having nightmares about the witch and there are these four coffins." Bonnie stated. "Klaus is one of them."
"Maybe it's a premonition." I suggested. I was pretty sure that witches also tried to contact each other through dreams like Emily had done, but I really hoped that she wouldn't get possessed again. "Klaus does have three brothers after."
"It's just stress." Bonnie denounced. She seemed like she was really quick to write it off, was it because she didn't want it to be true? "I'll figure it out. So have you seen or heard from Stefan lately?"
"No, I haven't heard from him." I declared. "I think that the Stefan we know is gone."
"How's Damon handling it?" Bonnie inquired. Damon was probably handling it worse than any of us. I knew that I could move on from Stefan, but it would be a lot harder for him to move on.
"Badly." Anna replied. I actually hadn't told him that I was the one who told Stefan about Klaus's plan. "He's hurting more than he lets on."
"That's typical Damon stuff." I told them. He really wasn't good at expressing his feelings.
Once we were off break, but it was slow, I managed to find Ric and Damon at the bar. The restaurant slowed down after the lunch rush, but we still had to be there until 4:00. Damon seemed to be keen on drinking, whereas Ric wasn't having it.
"What are you doing here if you're not drinking?" I asked my stepfather. He really didn't come by often if he wasn't going to have a drink.
"I was hoping that either you or Anna would know where to find Elena." He replied. It was hard for me to track of her when I was working. "I need to talk to her about her latest history paper."
I noticed the big F on it. Okay, that was a little bit concerning.
"She copied it off the internet and didn't even try to hide it." He added. I decided to call her a leave a very nice voicemail with only a few profanities in it.
I then noticed that Damon was playing darts, and I let out a grunt.
"You seem feisty." He commented.
"It's not that I'm mad, but I don't understand what she is doing." I admitted. "I'm worried."
"Why because she cheated on a paper?" Damon asked. "In case you don't know, it's not entirely uncommon."
"It's still bad." Cassie commented. "Though something tells me that you would have cheated a lot if you were in school."
"I wouldn't need to. I could just compel my way to straight As." Damon pointed out. I wasn't sure if that was better or worse than cheating.
"But I don't know where she is and Klaus is still out there." I pointed out.
"Klaus probably left town." Damon replied. Probably wasn't a good enough answer. Until we knew that he wasn't here anymore, I still had the right to be afraid of him.
"Are you okay?" I questioned.
"Why does everyone think that I'm not okay?" He challenged. Had someone else asked him that?
"Well, it's 2:00 and you're drunk." I explained. I at least did the majority my drinking at night. I did plan on trying to get drunk tonight. "It's not a good look for you."
"What is a good look?" He replied as he raised an eyebrow.
"Damon, for the love of God, stop flirting with me." I remarked. "How many times do I say it'll never happen?"
"He'll probably never get it." A voice interrupted. I froze as I saw Klaus with the guy from before. "Should I kill him for you?"
"Are you really gonna do this here in front of everyone?" Damon asked. "That's a little beneath you, don't you think?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Klaus replied. "I just came down to my local pub to get a drink with a mate. Get us a round, would you Tony? And as for that crack, that's we call humor."
"I suppose you stuck around long enough for happy hour." Damon quipped. It actually was happy hour. I just couldn't give people drinks.
"My sister seems to be missing. I need to sort that out." The Original explained. Hopefully, he wouldn't think to check the boarding house.
"It shouldn't be hard to find a psycho blonde." Damon remarked. I didn't think she was psycho, just damaged. Okay, maybe she was a little bit crazy.
"The truth is I've grown to like your little town." Klaus admitted as he grabbed a dart. "I'm thinking I might fancy a home here. I imagine you're all wondering how does this affect you and the answer is not in the slightest. As long as I get what I want and everyone behaves themselves, you can keep on living your little lives however you choose. You have my word."
"What the fuck could you possibly want from us?" I asked. It did seem like it would less than ideal for him to move here, but then again, I supposed that he did want to remain close to me and I was also pretty sure that he did want to try to reconnect with his daughter. I still didn't understand what he wanted.
"Well for starters you could start by telling me where I might find Stefan." He suggested. Why did he think that I knew anything about where to find him. You know it probably would have made sense for Anna to be over here, but she had a table.
"Stefan skipped town the second you set him free." Damon spat. I still felt guilty about not telling him.
"Well, you see that is a shame." Klaus said before he threw the dart hard at the bull's-eye. "Your brother stole from me. I need him found so I can take back what's mine."
"That sounds like it's not our problem." I remarked. He walked in front of me, and I tried not to tremble or wet myself. Even though I knew he wouldn't hurt me, him being in front of me was still terrifying.
"Well, this is me broadening the scopes, Love." He countered.
After work, Ric, Anna and I were in the kitchen preparing some dinner. If there was one place that Elena would have to show up, it was home. I had changed into a white tee shirt and a black miniskirt. The weather was still warm, and I thought that I should take advantage of it while I still could.
"You alright?" He asked me. I knew that I was probably experiencing some of the aggression that came with being a werewolf, but I was still angry about Elena acting like this again. I thought that she was over this stuff last year.
"I can deal with vampires, werewolves, and Originals, but I don't know how to deal with a delinquent older sister, especially since I used to be a delinquent myself." I remarked. Though, delinquent probably wasn't the right term since I hadn't done anything that was against the law. I supposed that she hadn't done anything either.
"Well, it's proof that you care." Anna remarked.
"So, it is almost done?" Cassie asked as she walked into the kitchen. At that moment, Elena walked in.
"Hey, just in time, we're cooking dinner." I declared.
"No thanks, I was just passing through." She replied. Where did she have to be? Also did she really think that we wouldn't want to talk to her about how she was avoiding us all day.
"I was hoping we would all stay in." Ric stated. "We could have dinner like a normal, atypical family."
"Why? And why's Cassie here then?" Elena responded. Because I was pretty sure that she hadn't had a family dinner in a while. "Look Tyler's waiting for me outside."
"When did you start hanging out with Tyler?" Ric asked. It seemed odd because the two of them never seemed to care about each other before. They were probably the two least likely people in my inner circle that I could see hanging out with each other.
"We're friends. What's the big deal?" Elena challenged.
"The big deal is he's sired to Klaus." I explained. "He's bad news, Elena."
"He's right outside and he can hear you." She replied. That would only be true if he was listening.
"You're not going anywhere." Ric declared authoritatively.
"You can't stop me. I'm 18." Elena boasted. At that moment, my concern for her had to have at least doubled. I didn't know why she was being such of a brat all of a sudden. Something was not right with her.
"You're staying if I have to break your legs." Anna threatened. It was probably a bit much. It was too bad that we didn't know that trapping spell that Bonnie had used on us.
"Okay, then Tyler, come in." Elena called outside. I gasped as the hybrid walked in. That was something that I really didn't want to do. He was basically Klaus's minion.
Tyler took a seat that table. It was very uncomfortable since Elena was the only one who wanted him there.
"So not only do I have hybrid stalkers, but I also have one in my living room." I muttered.
"I can go." Tyler offered. At least he realized that he was not welcome.
"No, stay, there's plenty for all of us." Elena replied.
"Elena, I mean this as nicely as possible when I say please shut the fuck up." Cassie remarked.
"Maybe you should check in with your master first." I spat.
"I'm not his pet." Tyler remarked.
"So, what's the difference between a sire bond and compulsion?" Ric asked as he took a seat. What is really that important?
"Compulsion is just mind control whereas a sire bond is devotion." Tyler explained.
"So, what if Klaus asked you to kill your mother?" Anna quizzed. It was kind of weird that he was closer to Klaus than his own daughter.
"He wouldn't." Tyler argued. "Klaus made it so I don't have to turn anymore."
"So basically, you think that everything Klaus says is right." I summarized. While I did admit that turning was very painful, I wouldn't want to be Klaus's slave in order to get out of it. I also knew that the full moon was coming up soon, so I would need to get ready for it.
"You sound just like Caroline." He replied.
"I wonder why that is." I quipped. "It's not like you broke her neck or anything. Oh wait, yes you did."
"I'm gonna go." Tyler replied before he went out the door. At least he could see that he wasn't wanted.
I then noticed that Elena hung up her phone. I hadn't even noticed that she had left the room. I looked back at Anna as I tried to figure out what to do.
I then heard the front door open. I looked outside and saw her standing in the middle of the road. I also noticed that there was a speeding car driving toward her and she wasn't moving. Ric ran out and pushed her out of the way, getting hit in the process. It was the same hybrid as before. Maybe we should have killed him earlier.
"I really need to watch where I'm going." Tony quipped. "I just keep bumping into people."
"What happened?" Anna asked. "I was watching my hands, and I heard a…seriously what happened?"
"Elena was just standing there in the middle of the road." Cassie explained.
"Who called you?" I said to Elena.
"It was Klaus." Elena stated. Okay, it seemed like he did have a plan for retaliation. I wasn't sure if he planned on having some save her because he clearly wanted us to be watching.
"He compelled you." I replied before Anna grabbed Ric and carried him into the house.
I called Damon since I didn't know who else to call. We put Ric on the couch until he woke up.
"How's Ric?" Damon asked as he entered.
"Dead, but he has his ring." Anna replied.
"So, this ring just allows him to come back from the dead?" Cassie asked.
"Elena, why aren't you wearing your bracelet?" Damon questioned. I hadn't even noticed it was gone. I supposed it was better to deal with the situation at hand.
"Tyler probably convinced her to take it off." I remarked. "Klaus must have told him to get you off vervain."
"Klaus said he was trying to send a message." Damon stated. That made me think that he was hoping that one of us would save her. "Stefan stole the rest of the Original family and Klaus wants us to find them. If we find the four coffins, no one else will die."
"So that's what you want to do, give him what he wants?" Elena asked. I had to admit that it didn't seem like too bad of an option if he was willing to leave us alone.
"What do you suggest?" Damon questioned.
"We should move." Elena asked. "We need to get as far away as possible."
"We can't move, Elena." I argued. There was a lot more to moving than just deciding to do so.
"We can't just do nothing." Elena remarked. We could just give him back his family. I wasn't even sure if we needed to kill him anymore. "You can get on me for school or hanging out with Tyler, but I'm right about this."
At that point, Elena stormed up to her room.
"Is there any way that we can get his family back?" I asked Damon. "Wait we have Rebekah."
"No, because then she will have to worry about two people that want to kill her." Damon replied. That did seem like it was an issue, but maybe we could convince Klaus to leave the dagger in her. I decided to call Bonnie up.
"The coffins: they weren't just a dream." I told her. "Klaus's family is in them."
"Mary, you shouldn't get involved with Klaus's business." Bonnie suggested.
"I don't have a choice. He tried to kill Elena." I explained. I had a feeling that would probably make Bonnie angry. "I need you to help me find Stefan."
That led to Anna, Cassie and I going to the old witch house.
"I thought this place was useless now." I commented. The witches really didn't like the fact that Bonnie had used their power to resurrect Elena.
"Well apparently, the witches decided that they hate Klaus as much as we do." Anna remarked. "You know I think I'm going to guard the outside for a while."
I couldn't help but wonder if she was afraid of the witches. I supposed that since they didn't seem to like vampires, it wasn't wrong for her to be, even though she was technically a witch herself.
I went downstairs to see if Stefan was there.
"Stefan, I know you're here." I remarked.
"Leave me alone." He ordered.
"I know that you don't like me, and I don't like you, but I need your help." I responded. "Bonnie said that you were here."
"Well Bonnie sucks at keeping secrets." He replied.
"I need you to give Klaus his family back." I told him. "Klaus tried to kill Elena."
"Why should I care?" He asked. "How about you just stop talking?"
"Maybe you should just stop being an asshole already. I thought you were supposed to have your humanity back, or is this just how you always act?" Cassie responded.
I went over and slapped him. He had his humanity back, so I didn't really understand why he was being such a prick. Cassie was right. However, he didn't seem to flinch when I did so. I just couldn't understand why he was acting like that.
We walked outside where Anna was still standing.
"So that sounded like it went well." She replied. "Do you want me to talk to him."
I just let a tear roll down my face. At that point, I saw a look of determination in her eyes.
"I'm going to talk to him." She replied. It seemed like Stefan hurting me had helped her get over her fears. "Go talk to your sister and I'll handle this."
I went home to see that Ric was awake. He looked like he was in pain. Cassie had decided to go home.
"Did you just un-die?" I asked.
"Yeah, how's Elena?" He responded. Something really didn't seem right with him.
"She's okay but pouty." I explained before he sneezed out a handful of blood.
"The ring's not working." He remarked. It was not a good time for Anna to be somewhere else. I decided to do the next most logical thing and called 911.
The EMTS came quickly like they were supposed to. Unfortunately, Tony compelled them to leave.
"Looks like you have to invite me in so I can heal him." He remarked. Suddenly he fell to the ground with an arrow in his back.
"He's not dead." Elena replied as she walked into the house. I wondered what she was doing before I realized that she had grabbed a knife from the kitchen. Before I could say anything, she had decapitated him. It probably would have just been easier for me to tear his heart out.
"What the fuck was that?" I asked in shock. I was still a bit stunned by the fact that my sister had killed someone so gruesomely. I also couldn't help but think about what we were going to do with the body. Were we just going to bury him in the backyard or something? I was pretty sure that I really needed a drink right now.
"We don't have time to talk. We need to get him to the hospital." Elena pointed out.
I decided to text Damon to tell him to go to the hospital. I on the other hand decided to go to the boarding house while he was gone. I took the number from Elena's phone and called Klaus. While I waited for him to come over, I helped myself to some bourbon.
"I assume you have news of where Stefan is." He replied as he stood at the door. I wasn't going to tell him that. I wanted to deal with the immediate issue before we did anything about that.
"Nope, but I know where Rebekah is." I responded. He stepped inside. "Come with me."
I led him to the dungeon where she was lying on the floor in her Homecoming dress with the dagger still inside of her. It was a good thing that her dress didn't have a back.
"Who did this?" He asked me.
"Elena." I answered. "When that dagger comes out, she'll want to kill her. I want you to guarantee that nothing will happen to Elena."
"Fine, the life of my sister for yours." He agreed as he shook my hand. "I might not hurt her, but you have no shortage of loves one. Outside of my daughter, there are several other people I could after."
"Stefan doesn't care about any of us." I explained. "Threatening him won't do any good."
"We'll just have to see, won't we?" He responded as he grabbed his sister's body and pulled the dagger out. I had a feeling that Stefan was going to cause us a lot of trouble and I was glad that I had some liquor. I didn't know how I would be able to make it through this stuff without it. Maybe I had a problem or maybe it was because the past year I'd been through more than any girl my age should, including becoming a girl.
"By the way, Rebekah wants to kill you for killing your mother." I declared. I hoped that would at least deter him a little because I kind of didn't want to deal with her at the moment.
I then went home where I met Anna. At that moment, I came up with an idea. It wasn't the greatest idea, but it would be giving Elena what she wanted. It would also mean that I wouldn't have to worry about her as much.
"I need a favor from you." I stated. Part of me didn't even want to suggest it, but it was probably the right thing to do. "I need you to compel Elena to go to stay with some family friends in Denver."
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" She asked.
"No, but Elena should get a chance at a normal life." I explained. "She needs it."
I decided to stand outside to see if I could hear do it. I wanted to try to get a hang of my enhanced senses. It felt like I was taking her choice away from her, because I kind of was doing that. I just wanted to know that it was safe. Hopefully as soon as we got this coffin stuff sorted out, I could get her to come back.
"Do you feel bad for doing that?" I questioned. I did. At least I was glad that Anna was the one doing it and not anyone else.
"I don't want to." She admitted. "If I was going to feel bad about something, it would be this."
She then kissed me, and I kissed her back. We made out for a solid thirty seconds before I pulled away. It had missing that feeling of our lips connecting. I wasn't entirely sure if it was better than kissing Cassie. Maybe I liked both of them. I would probably need to figure that out, but I was too drunk and too tired to do that tonight.
"We should get some sleep." I stated as I grabbed her hand, and we went up to our room.
So Mary and Anna kisses yet again and also Elena will be leaving town. Does Mary really want to keep Klaus alive? Please don't forget to review